A server is configured to provide data communications services to a plurality of endpoint devices. Geolocation information identifying a first geographic location of the particular endpoint device is received at the server and from an application running on an endpoint device. A second geographic location for an IP address is compared to the first geographic location. In response to a mismatch between the compared geographic locations, a location database is modified to include an entry specifying that the particular endpoint device is located at the first geographic location. For an outgoing telephone call from the endpoint device, the modified entry is used to select a telephone carrier. The outgoing telephone call is routed using the selected telephone carrier.
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2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data-communications server is to update the location database in response to the probabilistic determination indicating that a registered location for the IP address is not accurate.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data-communications server is to make a routing decision and select a data center including at least one media server.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data-communications server is to effect selection of a media server to complete the call.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, further including one or more computer processor circuits and memory circuits to be operatively integrated with the data-communications server.
11. The apparatus of claim 1, further including the location database, and wherein the location database is indicate respective registered locations for the plurality of endpoint devices.
12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data-communications server is to use telephone carriers to establish additional legs for calls being routed from data-communications server.
13. The apparatus of claim 1, further including a media server through which the data-communications server can route a call received from the particular endpoint device.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving, at the data-communications server and from an application running on the particular endpoint device, geolocation information identifying the first geographic location of the particular endpoint device.
16. The method of claim 14, further comprising assessing the first geographic location relative to the second geographic location indicated by the IP address and, in response, providing the probabilistic determination.
17. The method of claim 14, further comprising assessing the first geographic location relative to the second geographic location indicated by the IP address and, in response, determining that the first geographic location is within a different country than the second geographic location.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the media server provides media relay functions for the inbound call.
20. The method of claim 14, further comprising determining that the first geographic location falls outside of a particular radius from the second geographic location.
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